Gaming PC - £800 - BF3

Slightly over:


YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £293.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Samsung 64GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC064D/EU) £59.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £43.19
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £37.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £26.39
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £830.48 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Excuse my ignorance but things I cannot see factored into above suggestions are : O/S, sound card and network connection. For O/S I pressume I have to stump up for: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050). ??.

For sound and Network also separate or are they built into Mobo ?.

Thanks again, just want to cover all angles.
 
Pretty much. If you are a student, they maybe cheaper avenues.

If you have to take win 7 OEM into your budget, loose the SSD. I know they are great, but rather that than drop your GPU down.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £53.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £784.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).



670 if your budget doesn't include the OS.
 
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olivier renault said:
Pretty much. If you are a student, they maybe cheaper avenues.

If you have to take win 7 OEM into your budget, loose the SSD. I know they are great, but rather that than drop your GPU down.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £53.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £784.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).



670 if your budget doesn't include the OS.
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+1 but i would switch the hdd for this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-009-CR&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427 load your os/bf3 etc and make do until you can afford to buy a hdd otherwise if you do it other way round you will have to do fresh instal of windows.

My option would send you £25 over budget but less hassle in the long run.
 
Some good points, i think i will either go with just SSD to start or stretch myself and get HDD also. Certainly would not want to re-install.

Last thought going through mind is future proofing of mobo, do the ones suggested mean that to a point i will be ok for better Gpus and Cpus shold they come along ? Or just best to go with whats best for today.

thanks again all, fabulous sight with decent people.
 
philmo said:
Some good points, i think i will either go with just SSD to start or stretch myself and get HDD also. Certainly would not want to re-install.

Last thought going through mind is future proofing of mobo, do the ones suggested mean that to a point i will be ok for better Gpus and Cpus shold they come along ? Or just best to go with whats best for today.

thanks again all, fabulous sight with decent people.
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The only CPU upgrade you could ever do would be a i7.

For GPU's the mobo won't matter, unless yo want to go SLI / crossfire, then you would need to switch to for example, the Z77X-D3H, and a more powerful PSU (750W recommended).

For SSD space, I used to put BF3 on SSD along the OS and software, and had plenty of space left.
 
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If you already have a geniune copy of windows 7. Then don't buy another copy, i registered my old copy on my new machine and it worked fine, saved myself £80!

If it doesnt work, you have 3 months trial to sort yourself a new copy. What have you got to lose?
 
name89 said:
If you already have a geniune copy of windows 7. Then don't buy another copy, i registered my old copy on my new machine and it worked fine, saved myself £80!

If it doesnt work, you have 3 months trial to sort yourself a new copy. What have you got to lose?
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+1
 
name89 said:
If you already have a geniune copy of windows 7. Then don't buy another copy, i registered my old copy on my new machine and it worked fine, saved myself £80!

If it doesnt work, you have 3 months trial to sort yourself a new copy. What have you got to lose?
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But also make sure its a 64bit Version on your Laptop phil. or you cant use all your 8GB ram.
 
I wouldn't bother with an SSD for now, this just me but anything less than 500GB is pointless in my option.
Speed wise yes there great but for BF3 you not going to notice it, look when we play with scott he dont load much quicker than us and just to sit there longer looking at round count timer lol.
Go with a good 7200 RPM HDD 1TB or 2TB and if needed save and switch to an SSD where prices become acceptable.
 
shankly1985 said:
I wouldn't bother with an SSD for now, this just me but anything less than 500GB is pointless in my option.
Speed wise yes there great but for BF3 you not going to notice it, look when we play with scott he dont load much quicker than us and just to sit there longer looking at round count timer lol.
Go with a good 7200 RPM HDD 1TB or 2TB and if needed save and switch to an SSD where prices become acceptable.
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+1
 
shankly1985 said:
I own the 2TB version of this drive http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-257-SE Its superb, I load windows up from cold boot in 40 secs, an SSD would get you maybe 15-20secs, loading of apps you not going to see its real benefit unless you start running programs like video or photo editing software.

this my drive http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-255-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1955
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Thanks mate, think will give SSD a miss (for now). Do not have copy of windows 7 which is a pain (only have it pre-installed on work machine - which is 64bit). So have no other choice other than to buy it I guess.

Will look at the HDD you have suggested, i think 1TB will be fine but as 2TB is only 20 quid more silly not to.

Thanks again all (and Frankie)...
 
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